Car-floor and floor-frame.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

' M. F. AMOROUS.

OAR FLOOR AND FLOOR FRAMR.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 6, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

vApplication filed November 6, 1905l Serial No. 286,146. v

To all Llull/1,0m it may concern:

Be it known'that I, MARTIN F. AMoRoUs,

.a citizen of the United States, residing at `the art to which itappertainsto make and use the same. i

My invention relates to lmprovementsA 1n floors or; latforms forfreight, passenger, and,

other ra way or street cars.

The object of the invention is to` rovide a simple, strong, and durablefloor, wliich may be composed-of boards or timber of various sizes andlengths, so that it maybe produced at a omplaratively small cost.

With t e above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as 'will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed'.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of acar iioor or platform constructed in accordance with my invention, aportion of the same being broken away to more clearly illustrate theconstruc- Fig. 2 isa side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an elevation,and Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing a slightly-modified form of theinvention.

In the ractice of my invention I eliminate the use oiframework and sillsand make the iiooring of a lower or base ortion 2, which,

tion or layer 3. The lower or baseportion 2 of the same or of l iflerentlengths and sizes, placed so that they break joints, as shown at 5. Theabutting ends of these pieces of lumber or timber may have right-angularends 6,.- as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, or overlappingangularlydisposed ends 7, as

shown in Fig. 2*, and they may be secured ktogether by screws, nails,bolts or any other suitable fastening means 8. The timbers 4 arepreferably arranged so that they extend longitudinally, as shown. Whenthe top portion or layer 3 is used, it is in the form of a coveringcomposed of boards 9, placed transversely upon the top of the base orbody portion 2, s that they are parallel with their edges in contact.They may. be secured by nails, screws, or any other suitable fasteningmeans 10, as shown, or in any other manner.

A floor constructed in this manner will be exceedingly stron anddurable, and owing to the fact that t e base portion 4 may be sovrvconstructed of short lengths or pieces of lump ber it may be roduced ata comparativelyk T e provision of the base portion 4 disylenses with theuse of sills and other small cost.

framewor and at the same time renders the flooring exceedingly strongand durable.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. f

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, vand desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The car-floor and oor-'frame comprising a lower base portion consistingof a series of' longitudinal pieces of lumber arranged parallel and incontact with each other and so as to break joints, fastening meansextending through said pieces of lumber and securing the same together,and a layer of flooringboards disposed transversely on the upper side ofsaid portion and secured thereto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. i

. MARTIN F. AMOROUS. Witnesses: I

C. E. HURsT, J. F. WEIssrNGER.

